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How To Download Firefox On a New Computer Without Using Internet Explorer
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Internet Explorer-haters often say that the only good use for Internet Explorer is downloading Firefox or Chrome. But if you really don’t like IE, you can use Windows’ built-in FTP support to download and install Firefox without ever opening IE.
Sure, you could just open Internet Explorer and download Firefox from Mozilla’s website, but where’s the geeky fun in that? This trick is about Firefox because Mozilla provides an FTP server, while Google doesn’t seem to.
Downloading Firefox without using Internet Explorer may also come in handy if Internet Explorer is crashing and isn’t working properly on your system.

Navigate to the following folder:

Now copy the Firefox Setup .exe file to your computer. You can drag and drop it, use the Copy To Folder option in its right-click menu, or do a Copy and Paste.

Windows Explorer will download the Firefox installer to your computer, no IE involved.

You can then launch the Firefox Setup application to install Firefox.

Launch a Command Prompt window from the Start menu and type the following command to connect to Mozilla’s FTP server:

Use the following command to change to the directory containing the latest release of Firefox:

Use the get command to download the latest Firefox installer to your hard drive:

The downloaded Firefox Setup .exe file will appear in your user folder at C:\Users\NAME.
You can also use Windows Explorer and the ftp command to connect to other FTP servers you have access to. If you have upload access to an FTP server, you can use these tools to upload files – you don’t necessarily need a third-party FTP program
Internet Explorer-haters often say that the only good use for Internet Explorer is downloading Firefox or Chrome. But if you really don’t like IE, you can use Windows’ built-in FTP support to download and install Firefox without ever opening IE.
Sure, you could just open Internet Explorer and download Firefox from Mozilla’s website, but where’s the geeky fun in that? This trick is about Firefox because Mozilla provides an FTP server, while Google doesn’t seem to.
Downloading Firefox without using Internet Explorer may also come in handy if Internet Explorer is crashing and isn’t working properly on your system.
Graphical Method with Windows Explorer
To access Mozilla’s FTP server in Windows Explorer, type ftp://ftp.mozilla.org into Windows Explorer’s address bar and press Enter.Navigate to the following folder:
pub/firefox/releases/latest/win32/en-US/You can also just enter the following address in Windows Explorer to go directly to the appropriate folder on Mozilla’s FTP server:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/latest/win32/en-US/
Now copy the Firefox Setup .exe file to your computer. You can drag and drop it, use the Copy To Folder option in its right-click menu, or do a Copy and Paste.
Windows Explorer will download the Firefox installer to your computer, no IE involved.
You can then launch the Firefox Setup application to install Firefox.
Command-Line Method with Command Prompt
If the above trick wasn’t geeky enough for you, you can also download Firefox using the ftp utility in the Windows Command Prompt.Launch a Command Prompt window from the Start menu and type the following command to connect to Mozilla’s FTP server:
ftp ftp.mozilla.orgType anonymous at the login prompt, then leave the password field blank and press Enter.
Use the following command to change to the directory containing the latest release of Firefox:
cd pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest/win32/en-USThen, run the following command to see a list of the files in the directory:
ls
Use the get command to download the latest Firefox installer to your hard drive:
get “Firefox Setup 15.0.1.exe”Replace the file name in the above command with the name of the current version – this is displayed beneath the ls command.
The downloaded Firefox Setup .exe file will appear in your user folder at C:\Users\NAME.
You can also use Windows Explorer and the ftp command to connect to other FTP servers you have access to. If you have upload access to an FTP server, you can use these tools to upload files – you don’t necessarily need a third-party FTP program
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